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Cultural and Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela: Political and Legal Framework

Cultural and Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela: Political and Legal Framework

Soledad Torrecuadrada García-Lozano, Vladimir Aguilar Castro, Carlos Grimaldo Lorente
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466683365|ISBN10: 1466683368|EISBN13: 9781466683372
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch005
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García-Lozano, Soledad Torrecuadrada, et al. "Cultural and Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela: Political and Legal Framework." Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources, edited by Oswaldo Terán and Jose Aguilar, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 110-134. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch005

APA

García-Lozano, S. T., Castro, V. A., & Lorente, C. G. (2015). Cultural and Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela: Political and Legal Framework. In O. Terán & J. Aguilar (Eds.), Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources (pp. 110-134). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch005

Chicago

García-Lozano, Soledad Torrecuadrada, Vladimir Aguilar Castro, and Carlos Grimaldo Lorente. "Cultural and Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Venezuela: Political and Legal Framework." In Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources, edited by Oswaldo Terán and Jose Aguilar, 110-134. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch005

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors attempt to demonstrate that respect for cultural identity of all human groups should be seen as a fundamental right. Ignoring Collective rights of indigenous peoples, those related to their cultural traditions, generally causes the lack of respect. Thus, knowledge of the cultural manifestations and their origin and meaning (as part of the history of the territories they inhabit) can conquer this respect on a par with its defense. This obviously with comprehensive training aimed to sensitize the general population in the positive assessment it deserves it different. The actions of nation-states governments with strong indigenous population has been characterized, until recently, by a remarkable disregard for indigenous cultures, having as a result the result of which such attitude, today from the non - indigenous perspective indigenous cultural manifestations are reduced to colorful folklore shows, when not seen as backward and primitive traditions. This chapter delves deeply into the legal framework for the protection of collective and cultural rights of indigenous peoples. The authors also attempt to show the weaknesses of the law and how states should act to strengthen them. Proposed article does emphasis on indigenous traditional knowledge and not in a wider debate on the topic of knowledge in general.

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